Angels and Devils
CECELIA POPE died today, August 25th, at 1:26 p.m., a victim of a botched assassination attempt. She was 17 years old. She is survived by her 6 month old child, Carlos. If God is a bullet, have mercy on us, everyone.
Those who live in the Mt. Prospect area of Baltimore, MD are familiar with the Angels/Devils gangs that populate the ‘last frontier’. Local knowledge states that just 2 months ago - in the heat of a blistering summer - Rapheal DeAgo (leader of the Devils) declared borderland immunity for anyone willing to ’take out’ Victor Shavez (leader of the Angels). Two days later, Victor declared the reverse. These proposals brought many long time vigilantes and bounty hunters out of the woodwork. It even encouraged some ’new blood’ to try their hand at gang activity. Quickly, things escalated from a small turf war to an all out civil war between light and darkness. These decisions are what ultimately sealed young Cecelia’s fate.
Today at 1:26, standing at the bus stop on Horner and Range, trying to get to her job at Super Cuts by 2:00, Cecelia was shot dead by a 13 year old male named ’Nacho’ (the only name we have at this time). Cecelia was, evidently, misidentified as Victor Shavez (who she looks nothing like, and who is male). She died instantly. Nacho has no previous gang background. He just wanted safe passage to the 7-11 behind his house.
In a brief, almost impossible, interview, Rapheal DeAgo was available to comment on this tragedy.
“I don’t give a no shits ’bout no little girl. Especially no little girl that couda’ been Shavez. We gonna’ get that muthafucka! Sho nuff! Look out bitch! We wont stop at nothing Holmes. Ain’t no dead girl gonna cool us. Little Nacho get out, we might recruit the little bastard to do some real damage on your ass. We’re coming fo ya!”
Cecelia is only one in a slew of casualties (mostly gang members) in the past two months caused, directly and indirectly, by the turmoil between the Devils and the Angels. People are beginning to move to the suburbs in droves and the Mt. Prospect area is slowly but surely becoming a wasteland.
Baby Carlos will be cared for by his great grandmother in Seattle until he gets to be too much for her and is taken away by CPS. Or maybe he’ll just grow up to be a gang banger and come back to Mt. Prospect to avenge his mother’s death on her murderer’s children. And his children’s children. And their children’s children. Nothing new ever happens.
Those who live in the Mt. Prospect area of Baltimore, MD are familiar with the Angels/Devils gangs that populate the ‘last frontier’. Local knowledge states that just 2 months ago - in the heat of a blistering summer - Rapheal DeAgo (leader of the Devils) declared borderland immunity for anyone willing to ’take out’ Victor Shavez (leader of the Angels). Two days later, Victor declared the reverse. These proposals brought many long time vigilantes and bounty hunters out of the woodwork. It even encouraged some ’new blood’ to try their hand at gang activity. Quickly, things escalated from a small turf war to an all out civil war between light and darkness. These decisions are what ultimately sealed young Cecelia’s fate.
Today at 1:26, standing at the bus stop on Horner and Range, trying to get to her job at Super Cuts by 2:00, Cecelia was shot dead by a 13 year old male named ’Nacho’ (the only name we have at this time). Cecelia was, evidently, misidentified as Victor Shavez (who she looks nothing like, and who is male). She died instantly. Nacho has no previous gang background. He just wanted safe passage to the 7-11 behind his house.
In a brief, almost impossible, interview, Rapheal DeAgo was available to comment on this tragedy.
“I don’t give a no shits ’bout no little girl. Especially no little girl that couda’ been Shavez. We gonna’ get that muthafucka! Sho nuff! Look out bitch! We wont stop at nothing Holmes. Ain’t no dead girl gonna cool us. Little Nacho get out, we might recruit the little bastard to do some real damage on your ass. We’re coming fo ya!”
Cecelia is only one in a slew of casualties (mostly gang members) in the past two months caused, directly and indirectly, by the turmoil between the Devils and the Angels. People are beginning to move to the suburbs in droves and the Mt. Prospect area is slowly but surely becoming a wasteland.
Baby Carlos will be cared for by his great grandmother in Seattle until he gets to be too much for her and is taken away by CPS. Or maybe he’ll just grow up to be a gang banger and come back to Mt. Prospect to avenge his mother’s death on her murderer’s children. And his children’s children. And their children’s children. Nothing new ever happens.
posted by The Passenger at 8:45 PM
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